Tag: outdoors
Shalaway details his favorite bird feeders
When readers ask for help selecting a bird feeder, I'm happy to oblige. I bought my first feeder in 1978, so I've had lots of experience evaluating them.
A big man who had a big man’s voice
"Bigfoot" Richard LaCourse, 64, passed this spring leaving the fishing world a little poorer.
Tree I.D.: Not for the weak of heart
The Ohio Buckeye Tree is a tree with an identity crisis. We found this out the last several months measuring trees for our Big Tree Contest for 2015.
Better days for Lake Erie perch and walleye
The future of Lake Erie fishing is looking good.
Ohio hunters will soon be forced to ‘pay to play’
Landowners are coming to realize the value of a hunting lease, a legal document granting the use of his or her property with defined limits.
Deer mice: Home invasions have begun
Every fall, shortly after nighttime, temperatures turn chilly and deer mice seek refuge from the coming cold weather by moving into our homes.
West Virginia leases 9,000 acres for elk reintroduction
The acreage will be leased in Logan and McDowell counties, which is where a major part of the new "elk zone" will be located.
Mourning doves are truly renewable
Out with the old: By the time young mourning doves have left the nest, the parents have already begun another family. Females often lay eggs in a new nest before the previous brood has left its nest tree.
Curmudgeon alert: Do I need all this stuff?
Scouting for the coming deer season used to be an activity in itself, but trail cameras have changed that activity to simply checking a memory card full of digital images.
